007 Spectre

As I stated many times here in The Video Creep I am a massive fan of Ian Fleming's British Super Spy 007 and it is no secret that I am familiar with all the films as well as their literary, Video Game, and now Comic counterparts. 

Now I have been hearing about Spectre for quite some time and there is a unique backstory to this entry in the series. 

The fact of the matter is that Ian Fleming had a partner many years ago that was able to prove that he was the created of the terrorist league SPECTRE as well as it's founder Ernst Stavro Blofeld . 

This information came to light before the release of the epic Thunderball that was also the creation of 

Needless to say lawsuits as well as competing films followed which gave us Never Say Never Again among other 007 Ripoffs. 

Well the truth is that all of the key players in this controversy have all passed away the lawsuits and issues have been resolved and now Spectre is back in the EON rebooted era where it belongs. 

I am also excited for this flick due to the new era that it does represent with the new MI6 supporting cast now officially in place with Ralph Fiennes officially taking on the role of Bond's boss M who takes on a far more physical approach to the role than any of his predecessors and the returns of Ben Whishaw as Q and Naomie Harris as Moneypenny and I am going to give a nod to Rory Kinnear as Bill Tanner. 

It has been often said that a hero is only as good as his villain and the half a century of James Bond films has given us some of the best so and our primary villain Christoph Waltz who I am not going to give too many details of the character to avoid spoilers. 

Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Dave Bautista also appears in this flick as a principal henchman working his way up in the spectre organisation who reminds me of both Oddjob and Jaws. I hope to see more from this character in future installments in the franchise. 

Naturally one of the usual perks of the James Bond Franchise is the beautiful "Bond Girls" with in the lead role as James Bond's love interest.

I have to give props to Monica Bellucci adding Bond Girl to her resume and proving that some women get better with age. 

As I stated earlier I have been following this production from it's announcement and I was one of the first to preorder my ticket from the Alamo Drafthouse in DFW. 

Now The Alamo did have some great plans for the flick and with an opening night sponsored by Zodiac Vodka which I enjoyed a Vesper Martini and many fans cosplaying as characters with an Aston Martin to be sitting in the front of the theater. 

I assume that the weather was not cooperating and the Aston Martin was there, It was probably the Vanish from Die Another Day...That is what I was telling people. 

Now let's get to the flick. 

Taking place soon after the events of Skyfall MI6 has been merged with MI5 and with a new security and surveillance company taking over the protection of Britain as well as much of the world and they are looking to scrap the Double Os feeling that they are unnecessary.

Bond after receiving an email from M (Judi Dench) in the event of her death is doing what he does best investigating (In his own way) a mysterious terrorist organisation that was originally Quantum but now is under the control of a new mastermind that is worse than Mr. White and has a link to 007's past and his childhood. 

In the words of the original Q the flick has "All the Usual Refinements" Action Packed Opening, Beautiful Women, Exotic Locations, Fast Cars and big explosions. the film is full of references to the other James Bond Franchise films. Definitely a movie for guys who like movies. 

Skyfall was a great film and this is a great follow up for it. 

Check it out and enjoy for the Bond Fans